R.E.D.E.E Fest: Emergency Preparedness for Red Hook Biz from RHBA

See each day's agenda in the section below. Click "Read more" for suggested pre-work.

Come to all or some.

All days are designed as work sessions and conversations - come ready to do work for your biz, in community with others, with experts on hand, with some lite presentation. Ask questions, get resources, and feedback on advocacy issues we should be working on.

Many topics will be useful to any type of "Biz": Business, Nonprofit, Artist, Freelancer, Home-based Biz.

You may want to bring a laptop / tablet!

While not required, the following pre-work will help you make the best use of your time:

Homework / pre-work #1:

• This survey will help you collect your insurance info before the Clinic on June 2
• You can formulate your questions in advance, and if you consent, we will use this info to help structure the day.
• If you consent, we will also aggregate your answers into a final report to advocate for insurance policy and regulation.

Homework / pre-work #2:

• Use info sheet to plan a safe time, sometime this month, to test your generator!

Homework / pre-work #3: / Gather lease

• If you want to use some of the Study hall time on Sun May 31 to apply for the BPREP grant, it will be easy to complete in one sitting if you have a picture or file of your lease
• You can also start applying now and come on Sun May 31 with your questions.

Homework / pre-work #4: (Coming Soon)

• Join Red Hook-wide Emergency Whats App group, and the Generator channel to get troubleshooting support or offer your help to others

Info: An informal, lightly facilitated community brainstorm where Red Hook Small Biz share what they've been through -- floods, fires, and everything in between -- over drinks, post-its, and good company.

Info: Hear about business continuity best practices and learn more about performing risk assessments for yourself with an expert from NYC Small Business Services.

Info: We will be sharing a notebook with info, resources, and worksheets to reference and fill out throughout the festival. Get acquainted with these resources and make a your festival gameplan. We will also use this time to get you started on your business continuity and emergency plan. Find the gaps, and start filling them in on Day 2 and Day 3.

Info: Our resource 'sock drawer' (table) will be packed with resources, giveaways, surveys to get you started on future workshops/events, and more!

Info: Ahead of Sunday, everyone will get a generator pro-tips and tricks handout. If you already have a generator, take this month to dust it off and, safely, start it up at noon. If you need help troubleshooting or need something fixed, the guide will help, and we will facilitate access via a new community-wide whatsapp for emergencies, with a channel for generator support -! We’ll make this an annual event to make sure all the generators in Red hook are rrrrrrready to go!

Info: Small businesses are on the frontlines of flooding. Let’s talk about ways to minimize damage and be ready. Also compare notes on what others have done. What are different techniques to deal with water? Insurance. Landlord. Street. See a sneak-peek of a new flooding help tool called “FloodLine” built for NYC small businesses.

Info: Fire preparedness consultants, FireSafe NY, will be onsite to answer questions as we talk through the most common issues in NYC that lead to fires, or make them harder to suppress. We’ll have a tip sheet and a special self-check for woodshops, because insurance rates are rising for this important type of Red Hook business.

Info: Our resource 'sock drawer' (table) will be packed with resources, giveaways, surveys to get you started on future workshops/events, and more! Tabling with NY Small Business Development Center / PACE.

Info: This optional hands on fire extinguisher simulator opportunity can be used by you or your staff to learn and experience the basics of fire extinguisher use.

Info: Bring your completed Insurance Self Check-up Survey, any policy documents you want with you (digital is fine), and all the questions you have about what your policy covers, what it doesn’t whether it’s worth it and whether you’re paying a reasonable price. We will have insurance advocates and experts from Fifth Avenue Committee and Neighborhood Housing Services. Legal aid from the Legal Aid Society. And brokers from various agencies. You’ll learn how to ask questions about your policy and then how to shop! We’ll have Brooklyn-based brokers onsite so you can practice shopping - or shop for real!

Info: We’ll facilitate a festival-end wrap-up the event so you can compare notes, identify advocacy issues you want us to work on, and make sure you know your actions items and outstanding questions. We will be welcoming electeds and stakeholders so they can hear directly from you about the challenges small businesses face in insurance and all the emergency topics to-date.

Info: Our resource 'sock drawer' (table) will be packed with resources, giveaways, surveys to get you started on future workshops/events, and more!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Strong Rope Brewery Red Hook (take Barnell St to the water), 185 Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn, United States

Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.

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